Which software for getting chapter info?

[Tomi]

Hello,

Does anyone know which program can get the chapter info out of the movie, so that I can put chapter selection to my MicroDVD movie?

I have already ripped the .vob files from the DVD disc with CladDVD and they're now on HD.

I tried SmartRipper but couldn't figure out if I can get the list of chapters only. And the fact that the instructions were in German didn't help either

Or do I have to manually go through the cpahters with dvd player and write down the chapter starting times?

Thanks!

-Tomi

[UncasMS]

well, what more than THIS do YOU need?

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****************
* Chapter Info *
****************

Chap#=Frame#
Chapter1=0
Chapter2=10881
Chapter3=21957
Chapter4=33735
Chapter5=50271
Chapter6=62374
Chapter7=72280
Chapter8=86242
Chapter9=97929
Chapter10=109564
Chapter11=119418
Chapter12=131716
Chapter13=144866

Chap#=@LBA
Chapter1=0
Chapter2=194868
Chapter3=386735
Chapter4=595134
Chapter5=905165
Chapter6=1123966
Chapter7=1305896
Chapter8=1560564
Chapter9=1766290
Chapter10=1975410
Chapter11=2165774
Chapter12=2400008
Chapter13=2654912

Chap#=Frame# Name
1=0 Chapter1
2=10881 Chapter2
3=21957 Chapter3
4=33735 Chapter4
5=50271 Chapter5
6=62374 Chapter6
7=72280 Chapter7
8=86242 Chapter8
9=97929 Chapter9
10=109564 Chapter10
11=119418 Chapter11
12=131716 Chapter12
13=144866 Chapter13

Chap#=Second
Chapter1=0
Chapter2=435
Chapter3=878
Chapter4=1349
Chapter5=2010
Chapter6=2494
Chapter7=2891
Chapter8=3449
Chapter9=3917
Chapter10=4382
Chapter11=4776
Chapter12=5268
Chapter13=5794

Chap#=Time
Chapter1=00:00:00.00
Chapter2=00:07:15.24
Chapter3=00:14:38.28
Chapter4=00:22:29.40
Chapter5=00:33:30.84
Chapter6=00:41:34.96
Chapter7=00:48:11.20
Chapter8=00:57:29.68
Chapter9=01:05:17.16
Chapter10=01:13:02.56
Chapter11=01:19:36.72
Chapter12=01:27:48.64
Chapter13=01:36:34.64

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this is what smartripper 2.41 writes down in the vts*.txt file

and it doesnt look to german to me

[Tomi]

Thanks for quick reply!

Originally posted by UncasMS
well, what more than THIS do YOU need?

Hey, thats all I need, if only I knew how to get it

What I don't understand is how do I "select" the whole movie for ripping so that it only creates the text file:

The "Start" button appears only when I select the movie, but then it shows that required disk space is about 5 gigabytes (which I dont have since the vobs are already on the HD). And if I unselect the movie, required disk space goes to 0 but the "Start" button disappears also.
Hope you understand what I mean.

and it doesnt look to german to me

I meant the program is in English, but it doesn't come with any help files or anything. On the program's home page there's some instructions (I guess?) with screenshots and some text between them but they're all in German .

-Tomi

PS: the example you gave, is it by any chance the chapter list for "Gone in sixty seconds"? That would save me a lot of headscrathing...

[Nickmavros]

Hmmmmm....
I think there is an easiest way to do that.
There is a very simple and easy to use program called
ChapterXtractor.
I think you can find it in the software pages of divx-digest.
With that you just open the ifo file of your movie and it gets all the chapters (and some other info also).
You copy and paste them in your microdvd ini.
Very easy

[UncasMS]

hi tomi

actually i doubt that SMARTRIPPER will be able to write down these files WITHOUT ripping the data (since i think the info file will not be genereated without the ripping-process)

nonetheless i sent a mail to TRON asking him about this and maybe there is (or will be *g*) a way in SR now/soon.

and sorry, NO it wasnt gone in 60 seconds.

but maybe SOMEONE HERE has chance to rip the date to provide that small file or even better: the tool mentioned above (or any other one) will do the job.

good luck

[Tomi]

Thanks guys for your help.

I eventually went the "hard way" last night and wrote down the chapter times manually using dvd player. It took a while

Now I downloaded chapterXtractor from divx digest (I don't understand why I haven't found that myself) and it works perfectly. Great tool!

Thanks again,

-Tomi

[UncasMS]

ok

i got a mail from TRON and he said that smartripper is NOT able to do so, but maybe IfoEdit was.

but you seem to have found a decent way by now